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China from Mid-America--Education:
K-6 Classroom Curriculum Materials
East Asian Library, University of Kansas
General
Teaching Activities Workbooks
| Art
Language & Literature | Festivals,
Celebrations & Cultural Activities
- General
Teaching Activities Workbooks: K-6
- Echoes
of China
This highly recommended teaching resource is acctually
a compendium of seven seperate curriculum units, designed for
grades 5-8, but easily adapted to units in grades 1-12.
The materials were developed by the Greater Chinese Cultural Association
in collaboration with the Boston Children's Museum. Each of the
seven units has a set
of student activities and a teacher's booklet providing background
information on
the following subjects:
Jia:
The Chinese Family and Chinese American Families
Focuses on traditional family values and contemporary Chinese
American family relations through stories and role play.
China
and Her Land:
An examination of the diversity of China's topography, climate
and resources.
Travels
with Marco Polo: Life in 13th Century China
A look, through costumes, painting and stories, at the spectacular
accomplishments
of Medieval China as Marco Polo saw it.
Fine
and Folk Arts of China:
Background and instructions for calligraphy, painting techniques,
papercuts, bookmarking, and personal seals.
Chinese
Celebrations:
What events are celebrated, how they are celebrated, and the
values, traditions and stories behind them; includes an explanation
of generational naming within a Chinese family.
Chinese
Architecture:
A study of how the Chinese design their homes focusing on the
combination of family values, ancient environmental principles,
artistic symbolism, and economic good sense;
a diagram of a traditional Chinese home is included.
Chinese
Games:
Includes directions for Tangrams, Go, Go-bang, and Chinese chess.
Available
From:
Boston Children's Meseum
300 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Tel. 1-800-370-5487
Price: $45.00 for all units
Kits to accompany each of the seven units are available from
the Boston Children's Museum. Rental price range from $30.00-$35.00
for a two-week period.
- Journey
to China: Activities for Elementary Students
This collection of activity-based lessons provides materials
on Chinese daily life, names, inventions, food, money, proverbs,
and games. Twelve slides of a child's daily life in Beijing are
included to accompany lesson one. Prepared by a group of California
teachers following a study tour to China in 1986, these lessons
are targeted for grades
2-4 but have follow-up activities for grades K-6. 79 pages.
Available
From:
SPICE
Littlefield Center, Rm. 14
300 Lasuen St., Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-5013
Price: $29.95
- Shao
Nien Gong -- A Children's Palace: Ideas for Teaching About China
This excellent collection of classroom activities for
grades 1-6 includes materials on China's geography (map transparencies),
language, literature, food, crafts, games,
and the abacus. It was prepared by Michele Shoresman and Roberta
Gumport
of the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Illinois
(1986, 3rd. edition).
Available
From:
Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies
Rm. 230 Int'l Studies Bidg.
910 South Fifth Street
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL 61820
Price: $8.00, pre-paid, check made to the University
of Illinois
- Letters
From Chengdu
Written as penpal letters from the point of view of an
11-year-old child, this collection
of activities on China is designed to make daily life in China
come alive for American elementary and middle school students.
The letters incorporate hands-on activities, stories, recipes,
and a wide range of information about life in China today. The
unit was written by Richard Moulden, a teacher who travelled to
China on a study tour from
the state of Washinton, and edited by Mary Hammond Benson from
the East Asia Resource Center of the University of Washington,
in conjunction with the Washington State Department of Education.
The booklet focuses on the city of Chengdu, capital
of China's largest province of Sichuan, which is Washington's
"sister state."
Available
From:
International Education Office
Superintendent of Public Instruction
State of Washington, Old Capital Bidg., FGI 1
Olympia, WA 98504
Price: Free
- China:
A Cultural Heritage
Primary source materials describing and illustrating the
most important features of China's art, drama, literature, philosophy,
craftsmanship, and technology comprise this teaching packet. Jackdaw
places them in chronological perspective and presents the backgrounds
to the styles and traditions familiar today. Includes nine primary
source exhibits
(of which some are full color reproductions of the fine examples
of Chinese artistic treasures), four broadsheet essays, comprehensive
notes on the documents,
and a reading list. Compiled by Marjorie Norman and Peter Evans,
1992, c. 1973.
Available
From:
Jackdaw Publications
P.O. Box A03
Amawalk, NY 10501
Tel. 914-962-6911
Fax 914-962-0034
Price: $27.95
- Da
Tong (Social Harmony): China's Search for Order
The Fourteen lessons in this unit help secondary students
understand people and events of another culture. The unit is organized
around a tradition-vs.-change model, investigating how effectively
the Chinese dealt with these forces and what influences
they had on Chinese history. The unit was prepared by Doug Kavanaugh
of Capital High School in Plympia, Washington (1991) and can be
adapted for use
at the elementary level.
Available
From:
International Education Office
Superintendent of Public Instruction
State of Washington, Old Capital Bidg., FGI 1
Olympia, WA 98504
Tel. 206-753-6738
Price: Free
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- Art:
K-6
- Yani:
The Brush of Innocence
This teacher's activity packet for grades 1 through
5. complete with a set of slides, introduces children to Chinese
painting through the work of Yani, the young girl from
the People's republic of Chins whose brush paintings of monkeys
and lions toured
the United States in 1989 when she was twelve years old. Emphasis
is on the use
of brush and ink.
Available
From:
Education Depertment
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560
Tel. 202-786-2088
Price: Inquire
A book about Yani, entitled "A Young Painter" by Zheng Zhensun
and Alice Low, is now available from Scholastic Inc. (1-800-325-6149)
for $17.95 (25% discount for schools).
- Out
of the East Horizon: Chinese Art from the Seattle Art Museum
This packet for upper elementary grades focuses
on the world of the Chinese scholars. The unit includes 16 slides,
a cassette tape of Chinese music, handouts on calligraphy and
ink painting, and a booklet with 13 lesson plans for teaching
about Chinese art along with literature, history and philosophy.
Instructions for papermaking, scrollmaking, calligraphy, and brush
painting are in the packet.
Available
From:
Education Dept., ATTN: Resources
Seattle Art Museum
P.O. Box 22000
Seattle, WA 98122-9700
Tel. 206-654-3145
Price: $30.00 + $3.00 shipping and handling
- The
Chinese Past: 6,000 Years of Art and Culture
This excellent slide/tape program, based on the
Exhibit of the Archeological Finds
of the People's Republic of Chins that toured the United States
in 1975, presents art objects from the Neolithic Period through
the Yuan Dynasty, 14th century A.D.
The complete program includes an excellent map and an outline
of Chinese dynasties with representative art objects.
Available
From:
Educational Resources
National Gallery of Art
6th and Constitution Avenue
Washington, DC 20565
Tel. 202-842-6263
Price: Loaned for the cost of return postage only
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- Language
and Literature: K-6
- The
Rabbit in the Moon: Folktales from China and Japan
A cross-cultural investigation of eight Japanese
and Chinese folktales designed to interest a student in China and
Japan. Students create their own folktales as a final activity.
Grades K-6, 77 page text, 51 slides.
Available
From:
SPICE
Littlefield Center, RM. 14
300 Lasuen St., Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-5013
Tel. 800-578-1114
Fax 415-723-2592
Price: $44.95 plus shipping.
- Children
of the Yellow River
A collection of Chinese legends reflecting the prehistory
of China. Creation myths are also included. Grades 3-9. 34 pages.
Available
From:
ARTS
32 Market Street
New York, NY 10002
Tel. 212-962-8231
Price: $3.00
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- Festivals,
Celebrations, and Cultural Activities: K-6
- Traditional
Chinese Celebrations: Contiuity and Change in Taiwan
Designed to offer an introduction to Chinese culture
for students in grades 1-6, this unit contains slides of four
important Chinese festivals: The Lantern Festival (which concludes
the Lunar New Year Festival,) Tomb Sweeping, Dragon Festival,
and the Moon Festival. Student activities are discussion questions
lead students to identify
the commonalities and differences between Chinese and American
cultural traditions.
The 16 slides depict the celebration of the festivals in Taiwan,
but the introduction
to Chinese culture can also be used in a unit on mainland China.
Available
From:
SPICE
Littlefield Center, RM. 14
300 Lasuen St., Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-5013
Tel. 800-578-1114
Fax 415-723-2592
Price: $29.95 plus shipping
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Chinese
New Year
This festival, which occurs annually in late
January or early February, provides an excellent focus for the
study of the Chinese family, the traditional veneration of ancestors,
the agricultural cycle, and the lunar and solar calendars. Since
an entire unit on China can be built around the Lunar New Year
celebration, this is an excellent resource that provides information
on all aspects on the celebration, including legends, customs,
and a calendar of events which details what takes place on each
important date during the two-week festival. This booklet concludes
with an explanation of Chinese religious traditions and the
Chinese lunar calendar. The booklet provides teacher background
and material for individual projects, with students assuming
responsibility for various aspects of the holiday celebrations.
Grades 3-9.
Available
From:
ARTS, Inc.
32 Market Street
New York, NY 10002
Tel. 212-962-8231
Price:
$3.00
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Mooncakes
and Hungry Ghosts: Festivals of China
Written by Carol Stepanchuk and Charles Wang,
this book provides teachers with an introduction to the many
celebrations of the Chinese calendar year, including the Mid-Autumn,
the Double Fifth (Dragon Boat), the Hungry Ghost and others.
It tells of food, costums, religious significance, song-and-dance
performances, and symbolism. The book also provides an introduction
to the traditional Chinese wedding. Illustrated with black and
white and color photos. Grades 3-9, 176 pages.
Available
From:
China Books and Periodicals
2929 Twenty-Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel. 415-282-2994
Fax 415-282-0994
Price:
$14.95 plus shipping
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A set of two handcarved mooncakes molds, with recipe included,
are also available through China Books and Periodicals at the
cost of $5.95 a set.
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